I need more of more cowbell.

It's been a couple years since I made it a point to tune into SNL on a regular basis. Every time a new cast comes in the skits suck, and you think " Oh man, now that Will Ferrell/Mike Meyers/Adam Sandler/Chris Farley/etc are gone the show is done." Well, after three consecutive weeks I think I may be so bold to say that something good is cooking again. There are still some duds (Keenan Thompson) in the cast, but overall I've been pleasantly surprised.

Sadly, the season just ended. It'll be interesting to see if they can pick up where they ended.

Stay thirsty, my friends.

I'll be honest I don't drink Dos Equis, but after coming across their latest marketing I just might have to start. I haven't seen this much thought and detail put into selling beer in a long time. This site is a great waste of time for anyone looking to procrastinate.

The Most Interesting Man in the World

Enjoy, and stay thirsty.

A Perfect Day

I'm please to announce that today was the first perfect day of the year in Rochester. It has been nice and sunny the past few weeks, but either a little on the chilly side or too hot (anything over 75 degrees is getting too hot in my book).

The perfect day has to have at least 6 things:

1) Clear Sky
2) Consistent sunlight
3) Very mild breeze
4) Be around 65-70 degrees Fahrenheit
5) Allow me to wear jeans and a t-shirt and be consistently comfortable with no fluctuation in being too hot or cold. ( This is usually what will make or break a perfect day, as it is easy to get too cold in the shade and too hot when standing in full sun. However, it can be done.)
6) Allow me to roll all my car windows down when driving, and again, not get too cold. (This will consequently make me smile for no reason, drive fast, and play music loudly. Which is probably my favorite side effect of the perfect day.)

Other things like chirping birds, BBQ, cold beer, cute girls in tank tops, etc are all well and good, but they more or less just add to the perfect day after the first six requirements have been met. Rochester doesn't get many of these, so when they arrive they're extra perfect.

Real Reality

Thursday evening I went to see a live broadcast of This American Life at the local theater. Where they were beaming it in via satellite in full HD glory. As some of you may know they recently adapted the popular NPR program into a TV series for Showtime, so they presented this broadcast to promote their second season. Of course I don't have cable, so I'll have to wait till it comes out on DVD, but after watching the first season on Netflix instant playback (best thing ever!) and seeing the story previews at this broadcast it looks like it will be worth the wait.

For those of you who don't know what This American Life is, all I can say is start listening to the old shows off their website and/or start watching the TV show. It my be one of the most addicting programs ever made, especially if you love reality TV. However, TAL features stories about every day people and their experiences in life, so it lacks the beautiful people and cat fights, but no less entertaining.